By Mike Tierney My column of two weeks ago titled “Tubeless, or Not Tubeless? That is the Question” generated more Comments than any of my previous columns, pretty well all of them from roadies who ride – and very much like – tubeless tires. I appreciate your reasons for embracing tubeless technology (I’ll get to…
By John Marsh, Editor & Publisher Bike technology is ever-changing, though often it’s incremental (literally) – say, moving from a 9-speed drivetrain to 10-speed, or from 10 to 11, and so on. At other times, it’s more of a“systemic” shift, like disc brakes as an alternative to rim brakes, a real difference in…
You rode 170 miles in 2 days at an average speed around 15 mph. You ate and drank just enough. You were excited about the opportunity to do consecutive long rides because you want to lose 10 pounds and certainly 170 miles would incinerate plenty of body fat. You weighed in at 205 pounds before…
By John Marsh, Editor & Publisher The first third of this year’s Tour closed out with an uneventful team time trial on Sunday, followed by the first rest day and then the beginning of what has already proven to be some real fireworks in the mountains as Chris Froome asserted his dominance. (Here’s a video…
A recent report from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey shows that today Americans are fatter than ever before. More than 75 percent of men and 67 percent of women over age 25 are overweight or obese (JAMA Internal Medicine. June 22, 2015). Many studies show that being even slightly overweight appears to shorten…
